How many of you set up “out of office” messages for those who send you e-mail while you’re, well, out of the office? I can’t deny their usefulness for providing people with immediate notification of your unavailability, but for some reason they annoy the heck out of me. I’m glad to know I’m not the

The New York Times reports that many libraries set their Internet filters at the highest settings, which often blocks useful health research sites.

I just don’t understand this — although filtering software isn’t perfect, most of these programs do have the ability to be customized. Why is this happening?

Google Labs is at it again. First up is the Google Viewer — this is Google’s version of the Preview function found in other search engines. When your search results appear, they immediately begin cycling as part of a slide show; you can set the speed yourself. Next is Google Webquotes. Just plug in your

I don’t know where this little ole weblog would be if it weren’t for Google. Just go to the site, type in “Inter Alia,” and my site comes up first (I get a lot of traffic from people wanting a definition of the term). But if Google didn’t exist, I probably would get a

One of the unintended (and unwanted) side effects in the fight against spam is that while only 25% of all spam gets blocked by spam-killing software and blacklists, fully 35% of all legitimate e-mail is also blocked by these services. Now, two companies are focusing on that problem – their new programs will make sure